I heard lots of words from all sides of the aisle, and those of Michele Bachmann that ignored reality. I heard how everyone must sacrifice, how our debt is strangling us and we cant afford to breathe.
I heard how teachers and education were not good enough; that against all the costs we must get a degree to basically serve in Subway.
I heard from Ryan how we must cut virtually everything in sight except the military to damn near zero. I heard how everything is really all our fault except those who gambled and won by trashing our economy.
No mention of the $100,000 loss on average every family was subjected to from 2008 to 2009.
I listened to how tax cuts for the wealthy were bad; but we passed them anyway.
I heard many words but nothing aimed at the heart of the matter.
I heard a lot of coming together in our pain, then I went out with some brokers and drunk champagne.
I was amazed to hear so little of the banking collapse yet nothing on how to avoid another such calamity in the future.
No reason to break up the too big to save into more manageable chunks.
I heard talk of cutting corporation tax so that the monoliths of our economy can avoid even more the taxes they are not paying anyway.
No thought of a share and bond transaction tax entered the arena.
I heard the veto menace against earmarks with no thought as to what they bring to local communities.
No thought to placing a windfall tax on bankers bonuses.
I heard; "shared sacrifice".
I thought; "Business as usual".